Klaus Veen's Bastards

The digital version of the spiced up, Dutch card game called "Klootzakken"

Be the first to shed all your cards. On your turn you play a card, or a double or triple, with a higher value than what's on the table. Can't or won't follow? Then you pass. The first player out becomes President; the last one left holding cards is the Bastard.

How it works

Card ranking: the higher the card, the stronger, with the 2 as the highest normal card and the Joker beating everything.

The ranks: President › Mayor › Citizen › Slave › Bastard. Every new round you swap cards by rank: the Bastard hands their best card to the President and gets a worse one back.

Special cards & rules

From left to right:
- 2 (highest normal card)
- Joker (beats everything)
- 3 Mirror card (copies whatever is on the table)
- 7 (the next player must go 7 or lower)
- Jack (as a "pest jack" it deals the next player random cards)
- 8 (skips the next player).

And the infamous move; Jack in the Box
when a double is on the table, slam an equal double on top out of turn and steal the pile.

Pick a ready-made preset or build your own house rules: 7-or-lower, Revolution, Skip-8, Pest Jacks and more.

Play your way

• 2 to 8 players, 1v1, or tables of 3-8.

• Bots to practice or fill up the table.

• Practice table with a card assistant, Timeless table, or Tournament with a set number of rounds.

Online & Steam

• Online via Steam, host a table and invite friends, or join from the lobby browser.

• World Chat, controller support and playable on Steam Deck.

• Profile statistics, achievements and weekly leaderboards.

• Levels & unlocks, dozens of table themes, avatars and emoji reactions.

Gather your friends, deal the cards and make sure you're not the Bastard!
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GL HF - Klaus